Spain, Kingdom. A Scarce Neck Collar of the Royal Illustrious and Discreet Noble Chapter of Knights of Mercy, c.1900 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac ATHEN (Athens)

ATHEN (Athens)

Constructed of light brown camel hair

each with a horizontal pinback)

born 1 September 1923 in Castrop

Spain, Kingdom. A Scarce Neck Collar of the Royal Illustrious and Discreet Noble Chapter of Knights of Mercy, c.1900 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac ATHEN (Athens)(Real Ilustre Y Primitivo Captulo Noble de Caballeros de la Merced). Instituted January 10th, 1429. (c. 1900). A scarce and extremely fine jeweller made example of this order, constructed of silver gilt and delicately executed and extremely fine hand painted details, the obverse consisting of a large blood red enamelled shield with two smaller shields superimposed on the badge and separated by a golden spear, the right shield bears a hand painted